Market Data Notices: November 22, 2010

Expanded Security Definition Messages for User-Defined Spreads
At customers’ requests, the following tags will be added to the Security Definition messages (tag 35-MsgType=d) for user-defined spreads. These tags are currently published on the Security Definition messages for outright instruments and exchange-defined spreads.

New tags for UDS Security Definition Messages

• Tag 461-CFICode
• Tag 731-SettlPriceType
• Tag 827-ExpirationCycle
• Tag 1148-LowLimitPrice
• Tag 1149-HighLimitPrice
• Tag 1180-ApplID
• Tag 1234-NoLotTypeRules
• Tag 1093-LotType
• Tag 1231-MinLotSize

In addition, tag 600-LegSymbol, in the repeating group tag 555-NoLegs, will now identify the Symbol (tag 55) for each leg. Currently, tag 600 always contains [N/A].

The expanded Security Definition messages will be launched according to the following schedule:

• Sunday, November 20
  • CME and CBOT Agriculture Options
  • CME and CBOT Equity Options
  • NYMEX, COMEX and DME Options
• Sunday, December 12
  • Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Options

There will be no template changes for this launch.

The expanded Security Definition messages are currently available for customer testing in the New Release environment.

COMEX, NYMEX, and DME Futures Enhancements
In response to customer feedback, the COMEX, NYMEX and DME futures enhancements have been rescheduled:

Please note: for the COMEX futures enhancements launch on December 12, customers are asked to please cancel all Good 'Till Cancel (GTC) and Good 'Till Date (GTD) orders for these COMEX futures and futures spreads after their respective closes on Friday, December 10. After 16:15 CT on Friday, December 10, all remaining GTC and GTD orders for these products will be cancelled by the CME Globex Control Center (GCC).

GTC and GTD orders for COMEX futures and futures spreads may be re-entered during an extended pre-open period, starting at 15:00 CT, on Sunday, December 12. TAS products will pre-open at their normal time, 16:15 CT. If you have any questions, please contact the CME Globex Control Center at 312.456.2391, in Europe at 44.20.7623.4708, or in Asia at 65.6223.1357.

In internal testing environments, the enhancements for COMEX have resulted in significantly reduced message response times. Already among the fastest in the industry, this upgrade is expected to reduce iLink and FIX/FAST response times by an average of 30%. As a result of the reduced message response times, bandwidth utilization in these futures markets is expected to ultimately increase by as much as 30%.

The messaging and functionality impacts are documented online in the   Client Impact Assessment.

CME Group recommends all system providers supporting NYMEX, COMEX or DME futures test these changes thoroughly in New Release.

Mont Belvieu Normal Butane LDH (OPIS) Swap Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), Mont Belvieu Normal Butane LDH (OPIS) Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

PP Polypropylene (PCW) Calendar Swap Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), PP Polypropylene (PCW) Calendar Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

2 Alberta Electricity Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), Alberta Power Pool Calendar Day Swap and Alberta Power Pool Calendar Month Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

PGP Polymer Grade Propylene (PCW) Calendar Swap Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), PGP Polymer Grade Propylene (PCW) Calendar Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

3 Tanker Freight Average Price Options
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6),3 Tanker Freight Average Price options will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

24 ERCOT Electricity Futures Contracts
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), twenty four (24) new Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort. Please view the following new product summaries:

•   8 Monthly ERCOT Day Ahead Hubs
•   8 Monthly ERCOT Load Zone Day Ahead
•   8 Monthly ERCOT Load Zone Real Time

 4 DME Oman Crude Oil Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), 6 Petroleum futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

 2 Singapore Petroleum Swap Futures
Effective Sunday, December 5, (trade date Monday, December 6), 2 Singapore Petroleum Swap futures will be listed for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

 Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Penultimate Financial Futures
Effective Sunday, December 19 (trade date Monday, December 20), the Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Penultimate Financial futures (tag 1151-SecurityGroup=HP) will be listed for trading on CME Globex. This product is already available on the NYMEX trading floor and CME ClearPort. The CME Globex commodity code for the Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Penultimate Financial Futures will be HP, the same code currently used for trading on the NYMEX trading floor and for clearing through CME ClearPort. Only 12 consecutive months will be available.

A new intercommodity spread will also be listed for the Henry Hub Natural Gas futures (tag 1151=HH) vs. the Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Penultimate Financial futures (tag 1151=HP). These intercommodity spreads will be listed with tag 762-SecuritySubType=IS.

The Henry Hub Natural Gas Look-Alike Penultimate Financial future will be available for customer testing in New Release on Monday, December 13, 2010.

 7-Year Interest Rate Swap Futures
Effective Monday, December 20, the 7-Year Interest Swap futures will be listed for trading via open outcry. This product is already available for trading on CME Globex.

• A new ITC ticker symbol, N7 will be added to reflect floor volume effective December 20, 2010 and will be available on MDP channel 100.
• The existing Globex and clearing symbol for 7-Year Interest Rate Swap futures is 7I (eye) and will not change.

Green Exchange Product Migration
Effective Sunday, January 23, 2011 (trade date Monday, January 24), the existing NYMEX emissions products (Green products) will be de-listed from trading on NYMEX and will be listed for trading on Green Exchange (the Transition). These products will use the same SecurityGroup (tag 1151) as they do today; however the value in tag 207-SecurityExchange will be updated from XNYM to GREE. In addition, the value in tag 55-Symbol will be changed for the Green products. The Green futures and options will be disseminated on new Market Data Platform channels 18 and 19 as described below. Information on the new channels are now added to the config.xml file. The channels will be available for customers and broadcasting heartbeats as of Sunday, January 9 in the production and certification environments.

As previously announced, following the Transition, Green futures products will continue to be available for trading via CME Globex and privately-negotiated transactions accepted for submission for clearing through CME ClearPort. In addition, with the Transition, ten Green options products (currently available for trading on the New York trading floor) will be transitioned to and newly listed for trading on the CME Globex platform.

• November 22, 2010
  • Seven new Green Exchange options will be launched in New Release with market data available on channel 19.

 3-month and 1-month FXVolContracts Futures
Effective Sunday, February 6 (trade date Monday, February 7), the following 3-month and 1-month FXVolContracts (realized volatility futures and spreads) will be listed for trading on CME Globex.

Please view the   New Product Summary.

FIX tag 55-Symbol Change for E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 Futures
Effective Sunday, December 12 (trade date Monday, December 13), the Symbol (FIX tag 55) for E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 futures will be changed as follows:

The E-mini S&P SmallCap 600 (SMC) with the new tag 55 value is now available in New Release for customer testing.

Strike Price Listing Rule for RBOB Gasoline Average Price Option
Effective Monday December 13, the RBOB Gasoline Average Price Option (RA). strike price listing rule will be revised from $0.01 per gallon increments with a minimum of 61 strike prices to $0.0001 per gallon increments and with a minimum of 41 strike prices. As a result, the ITC Strike Price Fractional Indicator will be revised from 2 to 4. The RBOB Gasoline Average Price Option will continuously be available for open outcry trading and for clearing through CME ClearPort.

Change in the Minimum Trading and Settlement Price Fluctuation for the Daily Natural Gas Option (KD) and 8 Pipe Options
Effective Sunday, December 12(trade date Monday, December 13), the minimum trading and settlement price will change from 0.001 to 0.0001 for the following options:

• PGE Citygate Options
• Northern Rockies “Pipe” Options
• Transco Zone 6 “Pipe” Options
• Chicago City Gate “Pipe” Options
• Houston Ship Channel “Pipe” Options
• San Juan “Pipe” Options
• SOCAL “Pipe” Options
• Panhandle “Pipe” Options
• Daily Natural Gas Options

As a result, the ITC Fractional Indicator will be change from 3 to 4.

S&P 500 Futures Listing Expansion
Effective Sunday, December 19 (trade date Monday, December 20), the listing cycle for S&P 500 futures (tag 1151-Secuirty Group=SP) will be expanded by adding three additional December contracts. With this change, the listing cycle will be eight quarterlies contracts plus three additional December contracts.

S&P Real Time Index Name Change
Effective Monday, November 29, S&P will modify the index name for the following real-time index:

New S&P Real Time Indices
Effective Monday, November 29, CME Group will begin disseminating the new indices detailed below. These indices will be transmitted every 15 seconds, via Channel 3 of CME’s MDP, with an Exchange Code of “M.”

New S&P Real Time Indices
Effective Monday, December 6, CME Group will begin disseminating the new indices detailed below. These indices will be transmitted every 15 seconds, via Channel 3 of CME’s MDP, with an Exchange Code of “M.”

New S&P Real Time Indices
Effective Monday, December 13, CME Group will begin disseminating the new indices detailed below. These indices will be transmitted every 15 seconds, via Channel 3 of CME’s MDP, with an Exchange Code of “M.”

New S&P Real Market Data Platform Channel
Effective, this Sunday, November 21, CME Group will introduce a new Market Data Platform (MDP) channel to support S&P indices. All existing S&P Indices, which currently reside on MDP channel 3 will migrate to the new MDP channel 109 all other indexes will remain on MDP channel 3.

With this migration, the following ITC 2.1 Specification changes will occur for all S&P indexes, which will be disseminated on MDP channel 109:

• Message Time Stamp will be disseminated in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
• Message Day Code will be based on the date of where the index is traded (Asian index will reflect accurate date and GMT).
• New Exchange IDs will be utilized to give customers the ability to distinguish entitlement offerings.
  • XL – S&P 100 and S&P 500
  • XF – all other Fee Liable indexes
  • XW – all Fee Waived

The new MDP Channel 109 and ITC 2.1 Specification changes will be available for customer testing in production parallel until February 25, 2011. On Monday, February 28, 2011, all S&P Indices will be disseminated solely on MDP channel 109.

Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
CME Group trading floors and normal operations will be closed on Thursday, November 25, 2010, in observance of Thanksgiving Day. As a result, on Friday, November 26, 2010, there will be abbreviated trading hours. Please view the Thanksgiving holiday hours by clicking on the following links for more details:

•   CME Globex
•   CME Group Chicago Trading Floor
•   CME Group New York Trading Floor
•   CME Clearport

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CME Co-Location Services Details
CME Co-Location Services – comprised of hosting, connectivity and support services – will launch early 2012 at our new state-of-the-art data center. The CME Group Data Center, designed to be environmentally friendly and energy efficient, will provide the following services:

• Power and Space
• Lowest Latency and Equidistant Access for All Customers
• Exceptional Support and Responsiveness

If you are interested in having the lowest possible latency connection to the CME Globex platform, contact your   Global Account Manager today.

 Learn more about CME Co-Location Services, visit   www.cmegroup.com/colo

 View   CME Co-Location Services Brochure (PDF)

 To request additional information and to apply, please contact your  Global Account Manager at +1.312.634.8700 in the United States; +44.20.7796.7100 in Europe; and +65.6593.5574 in Asia.

CME Co-Location Briefing Center Now Open
 

For your convenience, the CME Co-Location Briefing Center is now open and located at 141 West Jackson in Chicago, IL.

The Briefing Center includes displays of:

• Cabinets and Cages
• Cabling Options
• Power Strips

Conference room facilities are also available.

To access the Briefing Center, an appointment is needed. Please contact your  Global Account Manager for further information and to schedule an appointment today.